MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 18:32
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 699 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 91% 113 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 49 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 163 Mixed 144 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.34 148% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS545032B9SA00 320GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 24GB free Firmware: PB3OC64G Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 135 135 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3739 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 11499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2592 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 85917 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 201864314911 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	22.8% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 40.7 Mixed 38.4 30% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 43%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 126GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 69.5 Mixed 70.5 91% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.34 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 89%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	817x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	305x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	221x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16